Overall: 58% of the 8,925 manuscripts currently uploaded to the website have been transcribed thus far.

The most heavily transcribed material was Box 107: volunteers have discovered recipes compiled by Bentham for the panopticon prison’s kitchens (folios 109 to 112), as well as manuscripts relating to his ‘Ptenotrophium’, or chicken-house connected to the panopticon (folios 93 to 99).

A special hello to students from the University of Maryland’s ‘Introduction to Digital Humanities’ course, who have been transcribing manuscripts as a course assignment this week. You can read about their experiences in their excellent entries to the course blog. We feel your pain when it comes to reading Bentham’s handwriting!

Thank you, as always, to everyone who has given their time and effort to Transcribe Bentham during the last week. We remain extremely grateful for your contributions.